Poor health disparities among racialized students in a Canadian university.

Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8214119 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1940-3208 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 07448481 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Am Coll Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2010- : New York : Routledge
Original Publication: [Washington, D.C. : Published by the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, in cooperation with the American College Health Association, c1982-

Students* ; Ethnicity*; Humans ; Canada ; Universities ; Ontario ; Health Inequities

Objective: The short report aims to examine differences in self-rated general health across racialized post-secondary students at a university in Ontario, Canada.
Methods: Binary logistic regression analysis was used to examine poor health as an outcome among racialized students as whole, as well as across Asian, South Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Middle Eastern student groups in comparison to white Caucasian post-secondary students.
Results: After adjusting for several covariates, racialized students as a whole had 2.43 times the odds of reporting poor general health compared to white Caucasian students. Asian (OR = 2.77; CI = 1.84-4.18; p  < 0.05) and South Asian (OR = 2.52; CI = 1.56-4.08; p  < 0.05) students were significantly more likely to report poor health compared to white Caucasian students.
Conclusion: The findings call for further attention to the health needs of racialized post-secondary students living in Canada and creating campuses where diverse student populations feel safe and systemically included.

Keywords: General health status; health inequities; higher education; racialized students

Date Created: 20220310 Date Completed: 20240404 Latest Revision: 20250514

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10.1080/07448481.2022.2047702

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